Questions tagged [cheating]
Pertaining to preventing, punishing, or handling the consequences of academic dishonesty in coursework or examinations. Also, defining what constitutes academic dishonesty. (For questions on dishonesty in the research and/or research publication process, use 'research-misconduct' instead.)
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Will a dishonesty incident destroy the chances of getting into a good PhD program?
This is going to be a long post but I believe is the only way to understand my situation.
I studied B.Sc in Information Systems Engineering in a small private university in Latin America, it's not a ...
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Student reported me for cheating when I did not [closed]
Two classmates have reported me for cheating on a quiz, I don't know their intentions why but I did not cheat. They told the professor I was using my computer to Google questions as the quiz was ...
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What to do when wrongfully accused of cheating? [closed]
For a couple of days ago I had an in class online quiz consisting of multiple choices. I had read and prepared for the quiz and got a 80%, not too well but not bad either.
Several days after the ...
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Where to submit an article exposing widespread fraud in academia? [closed]
Where would be the best place to submit an article for publication arguing that the conventional mathematics curriculum including calculus and the courses leading up to it (i.e. most of secondary-...
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How to frame early university troubles related to mental illness when applying for masters program after more recent successes at university?
Years ago I had a really rough few years of college, inability to focus, tons of stress, manic episodes etc. Instead of going into the drama of it all, the bottom line here is that during those years ...
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I was caught cheating in my exam, how should I deal with it? [duplicate]
Since High School, I have cheated a lot in exams. But in college it became a habit and I developed successful ways of doing it, without getting caught throughout first and second year. But I ...
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Another student used my completed work, what should I do? [closed]
I took a class a year ago, another student currently taking the same class had asked about my assignments to guide her in her work. I explained to her how intense the class is and sent her a copy of ...
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How should a university deal with outsourced essay writing?
My campus is full of flyers, typically attached to lightposts and so, advertising to write essays for money. There's plenty of such services offered on the internet as well. Presumably, many ...
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Should cheating be expected to be more common in Universities in India, and if so, how could any provided credentials be evaluated for authenticity?
I was a bit surprised to see the extent of cheating going on during state matriculation exams in Bihar (one of the states in eastern part of India). Looking at the images posted at twitter, it looks ...
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What should I do as a teaching assistant when I find cheating behavior from actual grading?
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I found 8 students cheating in today's quiz despite stern warning and personal threatening to kick them out of the classroom if I notice cheating behavior again. 4 of them also likely cheated ...
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How can I balance teaching computer-assisted skills and risks of cheating at exams?
The situation I have in mind is concerned with teaching introductory probability and statistics to business students, and there may be similar situations in other fields. Because of the risks ...
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How to prevent cheating on take-home exams
For certain undergrad classes, I assign a take-home exam, rather than the more familiar in-class exam. When I distribute the exam, I remind the students that this is an individual exam, and that they ...
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Didn't pay attention to rules and created an illegal note card for exam?
For final exam in my university chemistry class, a note sheet, 8 by 11, was allowed. You could put anything on the sheet, however it was to remain 1-sided. Of all things, I forgot about the last rule, ...
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Is it unfair to regrade prior work after detecting cheating?
I teach various undergraduate courses. I make the cheating policies clear on the first day of lectures, check the student's understanding of this with an on-line quiz, and remind students of the ...
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Can a professor accuse a student of cheating on an exam without witnessing it firsthand? [closed]
Can a professor accuse someone of cheating after checking his or her test? How is that possible, if the professor has not caught the student cheating red-handed?
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How does a student's misconduct history carry across to other courses (if it does)? Is there a difference between minor and major offences?
I have a general inquiry regarding the impact of past misconduct in different courses of study.
To provide an example: if a student takes a course and is removed because of poor performance (or even ...
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Is it cheating to use solutions to identical problems from other universities to do my homework?
Is it unethical to refer to solutions to assignment questions that have been asked at other universities before? The questions are the same word for word.
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How to deal with cheating when university policy is ineffective?
I am co-teaching a relatively large class with two other colleagues in a big university. Each semester, most students are amazing, trustworthy, and well-behaved and it is a pleasure to work with my ...
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What is considered cheating in an open book exam?
A common belief is that open book exams reduces cheating since all the information that a student would wish to look up is already with them. Open book exam therefore tests a person's knowledge and ...
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How to deal with two students who potentially colluded when one is unavailable?
We have two students in my department who handed in identical essays. As per our policy we scheduled independent meetings with both students to determine what happened. Going into these meetings our ...
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I was caught cheating on an exam, how can I minimize the damage?
I got caught cheating in a two-hour engineering exam consisting of 100 multiple choice questions which was done online through the moodle e-learning software. I feel like my life is almost over.
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What do you do when your best friend cheats and has become top 10 in class of 250? [closed]
My very best friend cheats, not just looking over her shoulder for two answers, I mean full out cheats - raising each grade from what would be a D to an A. I feel very guilty for doing something wrong,...
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Are there tools to prevent students from cheating on a programming exam administered on computers?
I'm teaching an Introduction to Computer Science Course, where we mainly do C programming. I've been assigned a lab for teaching the course, but there are more students than available computers. Also, ...
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Applying for Masters Degree with academic integrity violation on record
I am a junior college student that goes to a top 6 CS school. I will be graduating a year early and am starting to think about whether or not I want to get my Master's degree.
However I have an ...
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Do I need to define all forms of cheating in the syllabus?
Every year, students seem to find new ways to "cheat" on the work. Every year, my course policies section grows longer and longer (a full page now) to match the newfound methods. I list all forms of ...
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I believe my classmates plan to hand in a plagiarized project, how should I handle this?
In my class, we have project groups of 4 or 5 students. This period has everything to do with game development. The project is to build a XNA game for children at primary school.
Now, there is one ...
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Preventing leaking exam papers/cheating using phone cameras?
I work at an educational institution where exam papers are considered protected. Leaking the exam question sheet and taking photocopies or camera shots is considered illegal and is strictly prohibited....
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Is it dishonest to guess on multiple choice exams?
I have never seen a thing, until recently, like someone not marking a cross on a multiple choice test just because he didn't know the answer.
I wonder whether this is a East Asian right-thing-to-do ...
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"Dividing Points" among cheating students
My AP Computer Science teacher has somewhat of a creative way to deal with students submitting apparently identical code. Instead of handing out lots of zeros, he divides the points by the number of ...
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Going back to university after suspension, how do I move past the shame?
I was suspended for 1 year from my university for copying an assignment from an online source. There were several extenuating circumstances but I won't go into them as they are irrelevant, I did cheat ...
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How to handle someone propositioning me to collude/cheat with them on an assignment?
I am in my final year of undergraduate. Another student, call him John, sent me a message on Facebook saying basically:
Can you send me the solutions to the assignment from unit X, that you
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Is it okay to report classmates cheating on exams?
Is it acceptable or ok to report on students cheating? Many times during a test or an exam, I have seen students in front of me either passing notes, or otherwise collaborating whenever the professor ...
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Is it possible to be admitted to a Master's program after not completing Bachelor's degree due to academic dishonesty?
Is it possible to get admission to a master's program in economics without finishing up your undergrad?
I have completed 105 credits so far for my BA Honours in economics and math degree, and still ...
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What is a "diploma mill"?
I recently deleted a response on Academia.SE because many people thought my response was supporting the idea of a 'diploma mill'. My understanding of the matter was that a diploma mill is simply a ...
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